Koine Greek

Pericles was born around 495 B.C and soon became one of the most influence people in ancient Greece. Pericles name in Greek means “Surrounded by Glory.” His father Xanthippus had been a military commander for Athens at the battle of Mycale in 479 B.C. During the “Golden Age” Pericles was a statesman, famous orator, and general in the Athenian army. Pericles was liked so much some people even called the time the “Age of Pericles.” Pericles influence on Athenian society was large and lasting.…

enrolled in Plato’s Academy and proved to be an exemplary scholar. He received a request in about 342 B.C. from King Philip of Macedon to assist teaching is son Alexander. He began tutoring Alexander the Great who was thirteen years old at the time about Greek culture and its importance. Alexander soon went on…

Alexander the Great was born on July 20, 356 BC in Pella, Macedon, and died on June 10, 323 BC in Babylon. His biggest accomplishment was conquering lots of land in Asia and Europe. He was the king of Macedonia or Ancient Greece, and is considered to be one of the greatest military commanders in history. He was a king from 336 to 323 BC. His father was King Philip the II. He had a strong and united empire in Ancient Greece that Alexander inherited. When Alexander was a child, he was tutored in…

was a great conqueror. He united the greek city states and took over the Egyptians. Then he moved on and took over the large Persian empire. Even with all of these accomplishments, people argue over if he deserve the title “great”? I think that he does. I think that Alexander the Great deserves his title because he conquered vast empires and then managed to keep them together for his life time. One of the first accomplishments of Alexander was uniting the greeks. He had to suppress rebellion of…

Today, I will tell you about my two best types of pottery. These two types of pottery are called the Kamares Ware Jar, which originated from Phaistos, Greece and the Marine Style Jar, which originated from Palaikastro, Greece. These two types of jars or pottery were very popular during the Minoan time period especially within palaces and as based off of research they were the high points or most well known types of Minoan Pottery. The Kamares Ware Vases got their names from where they were first…

Hundreds of years had passed yet there are still those remarkable people that have their names and history survived until now. One of the discoveries that had made great contribution to the history is the Spartans. Spartans were known to have their power grow strongly when they won the battle against the Athens during the Peloponnesian War. They were considered to be fearless. They were raised to be strong and dauntless enough to face their civilization from modernization. Spartans had set some…

Roman art and architecture resembled Greek art slightly because many of the roman artists were usually from Greece. Starting off by the sculpture “Head of the Patrician” dated 50 BCE this sculpture is a three-dimensional carved figure from the shoulders and up. This piece was carved showing verism (extreme realism) it was carved to show all the wrinkles and scars on the old man’s face which signified he had been in a battle which was a respectable honor. Another sculpture the Romans have created…

successful military commanders of all time. He used and unbeatable military formation, called a phalanx, which is a row of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder. He trained and used persians in his army, even though the Persians were enemies of the Greeks at the time. He was only 18 when he won his first battle. And in the following eleven years, he marched over 22,000 miles and never lost a battle…

foundational in literature. Plato’s critique that everything proceeding from Homer is but the crumbs of Homer continues, echoed by the modern intelligentsia. Homer has been a gateway to Greek Literature for centuries. Due to the high placement of Homer historically, and the Classical education movement, a knowledge of Greek, Homer, and Latin has become considered the epitome of education. The Iliad’s adoption into the institution of education has placed it into tradition. In his book on the…

Alexander’s father, Philip II started the unification of Greece. When Alexander took the throne he continued what his father started. The treaty of Corinth was the main reason for Greece uniting. The treaty made the King of Macedonia leader of all Greeks except Spartans. He had to defeat the Thebes to make an example of his determination. Uniting Greece was just the beginning of his large empire. In 334 B.C. Alexander moved to conquer Persia. He started with the Battle at Granicus, and then…